EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR
ARTS THERAPIES EDUCATION
17th European Arts Therapies Conference​
11-14 September 2024
VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
CONFERENCE 2024 OVERVIEW
Registration for the 2024 ECArTE Conference is now open.
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The conference will take place in three venues at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences in Central Gent.
Here you can download a pdf file with a lot of practical information on how to get to Gent from the airports, places to stay etc.
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More information about the location, the venues and other relevant details will be available once the programme is published in mid-April.
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You can sign up to our mailing list to receive conference updates here.
Motto
by Bertolt Brecht (1939)
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In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.
The Conference Theme
Singing about the dark times
Creation and Resistance in the arts therapies
Zingen over donkere tijden: creatie en verzet in creatieve therapie
Chanter les temps sombres:création et résistance dans les arts thérapies
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The title for this conference in Ghent, Belgium, is inspired by the final sentence in Stéphane Hessel’s essay ‘Indignez-Vous’ where he states, ‘create to resist and resist to create’ (Hessel, 2011). Read more about the Conference Theme here.
Keynotes and Masterclasses
KEYNOTE
Dijana Milošević
Dijana Milošević is an award-winning theater director, activist, writer and lecturer. She co-founded DAH Theater and has been its leading director for over thirty years.
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She was the Artistic Director for theater festivals and the president of the Association of Independent Theaters. She has been involved with several peace building initiatives, collaborating with feminist activist groups.
She also serves as a member of the Board at IMPACT – a network of arts and conflict transformation. She is recipient of prestigious fellowships and awards (Fulbright, Arts Link, Helena Vaz de Silva).
KEYNOTE
Uwe Hermann
Uwe Herrmann, PG Dip AT, MA, PhD, trained in fine art at Hannover University of Applied Arts & Sciences and art psychotherapy at the University of Hertfordshire and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Uwe has practised for more than three decades at the State Training Institute for the Blind in Hanover, Germany. Since 2010 he has also taught on the MA Art Therapy programme at Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin, where he was appointed visiting professor in 2014 and leading professor in 2024. Uwe has published and lectured widely on art therapy in Germany, many countries of the European Union, the UK and South Korea. His research interests are the psychodynamics and aesthetics of vision and congenital blindness, symbol formation and visual/artistic methods of enquiry in art psychotherapy.
MASTERCLASS
Frankie Armstrong
Frankie Armstrong has been singing professionally since 1964. In 1975 she began her pioneering Voice Workshops all over Europe, North America and Australia working with Community Groups, Theatre Companies, International Voice and Theatre Festivals and in every kind of setting from hospitals to the National Theatre Studio London. She has made 12 solo albums, written her autobiography 'As Far As the Eye Can Sing' and edited a collection of essays 'Well Tuned Women' with Jenny Pearson. Her latest book is with Janet Rogers. 'Acting and Singing with Archetypes'. She has also contributed chapters to eleven other publications. In 2017 she was made President of the Natural Voice Network, and in 2018 was awarded the Gold Badge from the English Folk Dance and Song Society for outstanding contributions to the field of folk music.
Conference Bursary Scheme
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We are offering a Conference Bursary Scheme which aims to support delegates financially in attending the ECArTE conference. There are a limited number of bursaries available, and applications will be assessed based on accessibility and motivation. Applications must be received by the closing date of 13 May.
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Registration
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Before you register to attend the conference you must familiarise yourself with the Conference Programme. During registration you can then choose your preferred options.
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